African American Religious Studies

This anthology provides a coherent, interdisciplinary theoretical base for students of African American religious studies and will assist in the design of programs and courses for lay theological education and training. To this end, the editor has assembled material from Old and New Testament studies, theology, church history, pastoral counseling, worship, and social action.

Preface
General Introduction
Origins, Context, and Conceptualization
Introduction
The Development of Black Religion in America
Black Church Studies and the Theological Curriculum
Assessment and New Departures for a Study of Black Religion in the United States of America
Folk Religion and Negro Congregations: The Fifth Religion
The Religious Ethos of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Black Spiritual Churches: Thaumaturgical Responses to Rascism and Social Stratification
Biblical Studies
Introduction
Three Thousand Years of Biblical Interpretation with Reference to Black Peoples
Black experience and the Bible
Biblical Historical Study as Liberation: Toward an Afro-Christian Hermeneutic
The Bible, Re-Contextualization and the Black Religious Experience
Theological and Ethical Studies
Introduction
Black Theology as Liberation Theology
Womanist Theology: Black Women's Experience as a Source for Doing Theology, with Special Reference to Christology
African American Catholics and Black Theology: An Interpretation
Religio-Ethical Reflections Upon the Experiential Components of a Philosophy of Black Liberation
Historical Studies
Introduction
Black Religion
The Rise of African Churches in America (1786-1822): Reexamining the Contexts
Religion and Black Protest Thought in African American History
The Muslim Mission in the Context of American Social History
Mission and Ministry Studies
Introduction
Toward a Theology of Black Preaching
The Woman as Preacher
Singing Praise to God in African American Worship Contexts
The New Shiloh Saturday Church School
Pastoral Counseling and the Black Perspective
Confronting the System
Index
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